COP 25

CLIMATE AMBITION ALLIANCE: NATIONS RENEW THEIR PUSH TO UPSCALE ACTION BY 2020 AND ACHIEVE NET ZERO CO2 EMISSIONS BY 2050 11 DECEMBER 2019

In Madrid today, the President COP25, Minister Carolina Schmidt, presented a renewed alliance of countries and Non-State Actors who determined to follow the recommendations of science as regards climate change. Chile has led this alliance after a request of the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, in the context of the 2019 Climate Summit. Minister Schmidt announced that 103 nations have signaled their intention to submit an enhanced climate action plan (or Nationally Determined Contribution), and she acknowledged those 11 nations who have started an internal process to boost ambition and have this refl ected in their national plans by 2020, asestablished in the Paris Agreement. This group represents 114 nations in total . She also stated that 120 countries plus the EU (121 total), alongside 15 regions, 398 cities, 786 businesses and 16 investors are working towards achieving netzero CO2 emissions by 2050.